Monroe Christmas illumination contest announced
Contest entrants must have displays in position and lit by December 21 for judges to inspect. Winners announced Christmas morning. The program, described as highly attractive, is a joint effort of the Garden Club and sponsors with cooperation from the city electric department and Louisiana Power and Light. Monroe and West Monroe streets will be festooned with electric lights for the season to draw visitors. Entry blanks are mailed to the Monroe chamber of commerce.
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Garden Club
Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Two Mule Deer Battle Near Ogden Ends in Death
A game warden found two mule deer locked antlers near Ogden Utah. The victor dragged the defeated buck 100 yards before the loser died. A game warden shot off the victor’s antler to free him, leaving the survivor weakly wandering away.
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Ogden
Utah
Game Commission
District Court Sentences Five Plea Guilty Defendants
Five persons including two negroes pleaded guilty before Judge David J. Garrett in district court yesterday and received jail or penitentiary terms. E. C. Bennett got two years for robbery, C. T. Harrell 60 days for larceny of clothing valued at $6, A. C. Ehrenfeld six months for larceny of property worth $18, Will Ellis one year for false swearing, and Gladys Smith one year for larceny of a diamond ring valued at $15 from Mrs. H. L. Woods.
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David J. Garrett
E. C. Bennett
C. T. Harrell
A. C. Ehrenfeld
Will Ellis
Gladys Smith
H. L. Woods
Simpson in Cannes trip follows British crisis
Mrs. Simpson travels incognito from England to the French Riviera after a late night departure from Belvedere castle with a bodyguard and two sedans. The monarch Edward rushes her abroad as constitutional turmoil looms, with Baldwin’s government awaiting a possible abdication decision.
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Paris
London
King Edward
Britain
Wallis Warfield Simpson
England
House of Commons
Edward
Simpson
Baltimore
D. B. Merryman
Bessie
Ernest Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Miss Burke
Dover
Tary
Alfred Duff Cooper
Baldwin
Belvedere Castle
France
Lady Mendl
Charles Mendl
Stanley Baldwin
Belvedere
Lord Derby
W. T. Monckton
K. C
Duchy of Cornwall
Independent Labor Party
Josiah Clement Wedgwood
SEC Chief Challenges Finance To Own Recovery
James M. Landis, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, urged industry leaders to accept responsibility for guiding the recovery after the November 3 landslide victory. He told the Investment Bankers Association of America that the next upturn must be owned by the business sector to avoid repeating past excesses.
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Augusta
James M. Landis
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Landis
Investment Bankers Association of America
SEC
Public mood on kings marriage row fan opinions across Britain
Citizens from workers to students react to King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson. Voices vary from scandal and traditional critique to calls for reform and sympathy for poverty in Wales. The tone captures a nation debating royal marriage amid political tension and social hardship.
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Wales
Good Fellows Fund seeks wider Christmas aid reach
The Good Fellows Fund committee, expanding its Yuletide relief to families outside the Twin Cities, seeks at least 2000 to extend help. Donors are urged to mail contributions to the World and News-Star in Monroe by December 21 to avoid overlap with other relief agencies.
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Twin Cities
Good Fellows Fund
Good Fellows Fund Committee
The
World and News-Star
North Second Street
Monroe
Early North American Coal Discovery on Cape Breton Island
The first coal in North America was found on Cape Breton Island in 1672 enriching colonial energy lore in the Atlantic era, while Pennsylvania and West Virginia later became dominant coal regions in the United States.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
United States
North America
Cape Breton Island
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